population
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2.7
- noun
- /ˌpɑːpjuˈleɪʃən/
- Specialized
:
población
- Never, on the material side, have huge populations been better protected from hunger and sickness.
- population size
- population density
- population decline
But like, shark populations are hammered globally, right?
- But like, shark populations are hammered globally, right?
- They cut down the trees and the grass grew and the stag population exploded, a deer stag.
- The rays decimated the mollusk population and destroyed the mussel and scallop industry.
- How does this relate to what's going on in natural populations with wild snapdragons?
- Basically, you know, you reduce the populations, they become more and more unstable.
Examples
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Furthermore, the status of penguin populations reflects the state of the oceans they inhabit.
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He is hiding among a population of roughly 2 million.
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As food from humans is critical to this population, you can help change all this.
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Surveillance of the wild bird population is one thing that can be done.
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Alleviating the poverty and improving the food security of these populations may reduce their TB burden.
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Prior to invasion and conquest, colonization, lands in North America were occupied by populations of people that had a profoundly different relationship with the land.
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The rays decimated the mollusk population and destroyed the mussel and scallop industry.
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The blue whale population in the ocean has been steadily increasing over the past decade.
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Conservation efforts have helped the local deer population thrive in the forest.
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Researchers are monitoring the rabbit population to understand its growth patterns.
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
A United Nations group that gives advice about population size and growth worldwide
- Specialized
Controlling how many and which possible answers a computer program keeps during a search
How Interdependent
- Specialized
2
6.9
- Specialized
98
3.4
- Specialized
1
5.5
- Specialized
218
2.7
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2.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Population comes from the old Latin root popul- meaning 'people', and over time it was used for any group of living things. So a population of frogs or fish is the group of those animals living in one area.